… Image: Me, wearing a Steam Frame. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/258049 Valve 2025 EverythingTimeStudio 0056.jpg?quality=90&strip=all Ahead of actually launching the devices, Valve is redesigning the Steam store and sharing information about the Verified programs f… …
… The company’s largest live-service investment was spending $3.6 billion to acquire Destiny developer Bungie in 2022. …
… Plex Pass also adds features that lets you skip the intros and credits on shows, remotely download your media, auto-rewind when pausing, hardware-accelerated streaming in its Media Server app, and more.
… The reason the company revealed a device it’s not actually ready to sell is because it wants to solicit feedback from developers before finalizing the hardware. …
… Pricing is getting harder for people to keep up with. And core experiences like search, discovery, social, and personalization still feel too fragmented. Developers and publishers are asking for more, too: better tools, better insights, and a platform that helps them grow faster. …
… The result is a market where enterprises, AI developers, and research organizations are unable to secure the compute resources they need to build, train and run AI at scale. …
… But those who found the Cook era of predictable efficiency to be a bit boring can take heart: John Ternus is a hardware guy. The press release announcing Cook’s departure names the many product lines that Ternus oversaw as SVP of hardware engineering. …
… Developer-optimized Windows updates Image: The new Intelligent Terminal. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/intelligent-terminal.png?quality=90&strip=all Microsoft is taking steps to make Windows more developer-friendly. …
… That’s an appealing concept during a continued AI money squeeze for developers and consumers. Microsoft is targeting its own Surface Laptop Ultra at developers and creators and pairing it with ongoing improvements to Windows 11 performance and developer-friendly additions. …
… In a memo to Xbox employees, seen by The Verge, Sharma says that Palmer will work “directly with me on our most complex product and engineering problems, with a focus on developer tooling, taste, and infrastructure.” Tim Allen, former Microsoft CoreAI VP of design and GitHub’s senior VP of design a… …